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Robert K. Swihart is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their work primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a particular focus on subfields such as Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, and Genetics.

Their research topics cover a range of areas, including Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies.

Swihart has contributed to academic literature in various frequent publication venues, including:

  • The American Midland Naturalist
  • Wildlife Society Bulletin
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Landscape Ecology
  • Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Swihart or within their frequent collaborative network include:

  • Next-Generation Camera Trapping: Systematic Review of Historic Trends Suggests Keys to Expanded Research Applications in Ecology and Conservation, 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • A Flexible Model-based Approach to Delineate Wildlife Management Units, 2020, Wildlife Society Bulletin
  • Imperfect detection and wildlife density estimation using aerial surveys with infrared and visible sensors, 2022, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • Selection rankings of woody species for white-tailed deer vary with browse intensity and landscape context within the Central Hardwood Forest Region, 2023, Forest Ecology and Management
  • Killing time in cover crops? Artificial perches promote field use by raptors, 2020, Annals of Applied Biology

The scientist frequently collaborates with a number of colleagues, including:

  • Zackary J. Delisle
  • Joe N. Caudell
  • Richard D. Sample
  • S.A. Johnson
  • Michael R. Saunders

Best Publications

  • Testing For Independence of Observations in Animal Movements

    Robert K. Swihart;Norman A. Slade

  • Absent or undetected? Effects of non-detection of species occurrence on wildlife-habitat models

    Weidong Gu;Robert K Swihart

  • Influence of sampling interval on estimates of home-range size

    Robert K. Swihart;Norman A. Slade

  • Body size, niche breadth, and ecologically scaled responses to habitat fragmentation: mammalian predators in an agricultural landscape

    Thomas M Gehring;Robert K Swihart

  • Accounting for imperfect detection in ecology: a quantitative review.

    Kenneth F. Kellner;Robert K. Swihart

  • Relating Body Size to the Rate of Home Range Use in Mammals

    Robert K. Swihart;Norman A. Slade;Bradley J. Bergstrom

  • Responses of ‘resistant’ vertebrates to habitat loss and fragmentation: the importance of niche breadth and range boundaries

    Robert K. Swihart;Thomas M. Gehring;Mary Beth Kolozsvary;Thomas E. Nupp

  • LANDSCAPE-LEVEL CORRELATES OF SMALL-MAMMAL ASSEMBLAGES IN FOREST FRAGMENTS OF FARMLAND

    Thomas E. Nupp;Robert K. Swihart

  • Habitat fragmentation and the distribution of amphibians: patch and landscape correlates in farmland

    Mary B Kolozsvary;Robert K Swihart

  • On testing for independence of animal movements

    R. K. Swihart

  • EFFECT OF FOREST PATCH AREA ON POPULATION ATTRIBUTES OF WHITE-FOOTED MICE (PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS) IN FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPES

    Thomas E. Nupp;Robert K. Swihart

  • Operationally Defining Home Range: Temporal Dependence Exhibited by Hispid Cotton Rats

    Stephen R. Spencer;Guy N. Cameron;Robert K. Swihart

  • Seed fate and decision‐making processes in scatter‐hoarding rodents

    Nathanael I. Lichti;Michael A. Steele;Robert K. Swihart

  • Road Crossing in Sigmodon hispidus and Microtus ochrogaster

    Robert K. Swihart;Norman A. Slade

  • DETERMINANTS OF SEED REMOVAL DISTANCE BY SCATTER-HOARDING RODENTS IN DECIDUOUS FORESTS

    Jeffrey E. Moore;Amy B. McEuen;Robert K. Swihart;Thomas A. Contreras

  • Effects of forest fragmentation on population attributes of white-footed mice and eastern chipmunks

    Thomas E. Nupp;Robert K. Swihart

  • Effects of parturition on home ranges and social affiliations of female white-tailed deer

    Matthew R. Bertrand;Anthony J. DeNicola;Steven R. Beissinger;Robert K. Swihart

  • MODELING PATCH OCCUPANCY BY FOREST RODENTS: INCORPORATING DETECTABILITY AND SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION WITH HIERARCHICALLY STRUCTURED DATA

    Jeffrey E. Moore;Robert K. Swihart

  • Shifts in bat community structure related to evolved traits and features of human-altered landscapes

    Joseph E. Duchamp;Joseph E. Duchamp;Robert K. Swihart

  • Implications of raccoon latrines in the epizootiology of baylisascariasis.

    L. Kristen Page;Robert K. Swihart;Kevin R. Kazacos

Frequent Co-Authors

Norman A. Slade
Norman A. Slade University of Kansas
Jacob R. Goheen
Jacob R. Goheen University of Wyoming
Kevin R. Kazacos
Kevin R. Kazacos Purdue University West Lafayette
Olin E. Rhodes
Olin E. Rhodes University of Georgia
Tomas O. Höök
Tomas O. Höök Purdue University West Lafayette
John P. Bryant
John P. Bryant University of Alaska Fairbanks
Robin E. Russell
Robin E. Russell United States Geological Survey
Richard H. Yahner
Richard H. Yahner Pennsylvania State University
Joseph J. Pignatello
Joseph J. Pignatello Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Guofan Shao
Guofan Shao Purdue University West Lafayette

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